BYU-Oklahoma Game to Open New Cowboys' Stadium

Oklahoma and BYU will play the first college game in the Dallas Cowboys' new $1.1 billion-plus stadium in September.

The Sept. 5 game will be the first in a five-year deal betweenthe Cowboys and ESPN for season kickoff games at the stadium onLabor Day weekend. The Oklahoma-BYU game will be televised in primetime by ESPN or ABC.

"The Cowboys have achieved amazing stature in our area and weare flattered that (owner) Jerry Jones and his organization wouldinclude our program in this way," Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops saidin a release. "We understand that the stadium is a showplace."

The stadium with a retractable roof and about 80,000 seats isscheduled to open in the summer. It is already set to host theSuper Bowl at the end of the 2010 NFL season and will become thenew home of the Cotton Bowl next January. The NBA All-Star gamewill be played there next season, as will the next two Big 12football championship games.

Texas A&M and Arkansas already have a long series planned at thestadium, and Notre Dame will play Arizona State there in 2013.

Oklahoma, which plays in the BCS championship against Florida onThursday night, has played BYU only one other time. The Cougars won31-6 in the 1994 Copper Bowl.

"We appreciate the unique opportunity of being part of thefirst college game played in the new home of the Dallas Cowboys,"BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said.

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